In order for today's children to succeed as adults, they need a solid foundation of life skills inculcated at a young age. Social studies is key to building this critical knowledge, yet less attention is being paid to social studies in elementary schools as this subject becomes more essential. The authors of this text have a solution: use picture books as dual-purpose texts that fulfill more than just language arts needs, and take the time dedicated to those lessons to simultaneously teach social studies.

I made an album. It's called Every Cannonball Is a Wish That Wasn't Granted. The cover is a photo I took in Hamburg, with some magic on it done by amazing designer/awesome friend Pietro.If you start listening to it, please listen to it all the way. It's short (technically it's probably more of an EP than an album, but ehhhh), but I think each song brings something different, and it all connects very well.I hope you like it.

Diana Ross remained a larger-than-life figure throughout the '90s, but she hadn't had a major hit since 1986. Every Day Is a New Day was designed to change that. Released in 1999, the record was her most carefully conceived album in years, filled with immaculate productions that appealed either to the dancefloor or adult contemporary radio…

A book that unearths the facts about rubbish and recycling through the ages: from dustmen, mudlarks, toshers and rakers to litter on Everest; from George Clooney's pig pal, Max, to a dunny fit for a Chinese emperor. This is the fourteenth title in the fantastic It's True! series.

Everyone is innately creative, but many of us wish we knew how to better tap into our creative potential. Is there a way to more easily connect with the part of our minds that knows how to complete a song, finish a poem, or solve a problem? Music industry veteran Tom Sturges argues that there is. Sturges, who has worked with numerous artists, has developed dependable techniques to help you recognize and harness your own creative power, whenever and wherever you need it.